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Personal and Economic Empowerment in Rural Indian Women: A Self-help Group Approach
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In this paper, the empowerment of women by addressing two dimensions: economic empowerment and personal empowerment was examined, and both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered through self-report surveys and interviews, with the analysis yielding contradictory findings: quantitative data found that working women reported moderate to high levels on collective efficacy, proactive attitude, self-esteem and selfefficacy with no significant reporting of psychological distress.Abstract:
The present study examined the empowerment of women by addressing two dimensions: economic empowerment and personal empowerment. One hundred women, aged between 16 and 65 years, participating in self-help groups from two rural Indian villages in North-West India took part in the study. Both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered through self-report surveys and interviews, with the analysis yielding contradictory findings. The quantitative data found that working women reported moderate to high levels on collective efficacy, proactive attitude, self-esteem and self-efficacy with no significant reporting of psychological distress. In contrast, examination of the qualitative data revealed positive appraisals of self-worth, purpose and independence and negative appraisals of pressure, challenge and stress. The implications of these findings and the importance of this study are discussed.read more
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Economic Self-Help group Programs for Improving Women's Empowerment: A Systematic Review
Carinne Brody,Thomas de Hoop,Martina Vojtkova,Ruby Warnock,Megan Dunbar,Padmini Murthy,Shari L. Dworkin +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, full-text articles assessed for eligibility (n = 3498) records excluded (n= 3136) Full-text documents excluded for eligibility, with reasons, were screened for qualitative and quantitative synthesis.
Performance and Sustainability of Self-Help Groups in India:A Gender Perspective. Asian Development Review, Vol. 27(1), pp. 80-103
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the performance and sustainability of bank linkage programs at the group level and found that all-female self-help groups perform best in terms of recovery of loans and per capita saving.
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NGOs in India: The challenges of women's empowerment and accountability
TL;DR: The work of non-governmental organisations in India is discussed in this paper, where the authors discuss the work of SHGs and women empowerment in rural India and Pune waste-picker program.
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Empirical Investigation on the Impact of Microcredit on Women Empowerment in Urban Peninsular Malaysia
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of participation in AIM micro-credit program on the empowerment among urban low-income women in Peninsular Malaysia was evaluated using a cross-sectional design using stratified random sampling method.
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Economic self-help group programmes for improving women’s empowerment
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TL;DR: Refined screening of remaining 107 full-text articles; 74 excluded with reasons of studies included in qualitative and quantitative synthesis.
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